tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547672350277527560.post1216221629611517623..comments2023-10-11T15:29:49.997+01:00Comments on Edmund Lester: Going off topic and off on one - green energyEdmund Lesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09053806574892350327noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547672350277527560.post-73685096036913778112015-12-19T20:52:32.915+00:002015-12-19T20:52:32.915+00:00I couldn't agree more. It will become more and...I couldn't agree more. It will become more and more cost effective when compared to the other forms of energy as the tech improves and it becomes cheaper to manufacture the cells and turbines whilst easy to extract fossil fuels become scarcer and the price increases.<br /><br />This recent downwards slide of oil price is just a blip caused by multiple factors not a long term trend. And unfortunately the green energy industry the UK could have had is being destroyed by a short termism in government.Edmund Lesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09053806574892350327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547672350277527560.post-39857956129392864632015-12-19T20:11:18.844+00:002015-12-19T20:11:18.844+00:00The biggest failure in energy thinking by the Brit...The biggest failure in energy thinking by the British government is that they assume renewable energy prices will stay the same. Solar energy in particular is getting steadily cheaper - fracking and North Sea oil will become increasingly uneconomic, and locking in a high price for nuclear energy will look increasingly insane.MadScientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05335675726446029787noreply@blogger.com